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Varun Aaron: 'I wish I was stupider and just did what I had to, without knowing too much about the craft'

The former India fast bowler talks about overthinking, being coached by Dennis Lillee, breaking Stuart Broad's nose, and coping with injury

Varun Aaron: 'I wish I was stupider and just did what I had to, without knowing too much about the craft'

The former India fast bowler talks about overthinking, being coached by Dennis Lillee, breaking Stuart Broad's nose, and coping with injury

AB's baby: Ian Harvey and the dressing-room encounter that was the making of his famous slower ball

The one-time T20 pioneer and maker of the first hundred in the format looks back

Axar Patel's time is now

India's vice-captain at the T20 World Cup and key allrounder doesn't like to look too far ahead; that way disappointment lies

Photo feature: Outside edges

When the form is the function

Wasim Jaffer: 'I was never happy with just a hundred. That was the Mumbai style of batting'

The former India batter on his life and times: playing school cricket alongside Sachin Tendulkar, his appetite for runs, and the famous India wins he was part of

Essay

From catharsis to conflict, and other stories

Jan 1, 2026: Extreme pitches aside, the year's red-ball contests were fierce, and home advantage wasn't as marked as before. And India's world title raised hopes for a revolution in the women's game

Sambit Bal
Talking Cricket

'T20 drains you mentally because every ball is an event'

Dec 18, 2025: Aaron Finch and Ambati Rayudu pick apart the intricacies of batting and captaincy in the shortest format.

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Feature

The story of Robin Smith and the Judge

Dec 3, 2025: The former England batter was a beautiful man and a brilliant cricketer who took on the best and most threatening in the world and often won

Mark Nicholas
Photo feature

Hanging in the balance

Nov 29, 2025: How do cricketers find equilibrium?

Ekanth
Talking Cricket

Aakash Chopra: 'As a commentator, you are reacting. You're being honest but your opinion can be wrong'

Nov 24, 2025: The former India batter delves into the challenges of dealing with trolls and with players unhappy at being criticised

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Feature

The omnishambles Ashes: how England broke on the Covid tour of 2021-22

Nov 17, 2025: Tours to Australia are never easy, but Covid restrictions made the series that much harder for Joe Root's England side

Vithushan Ehantharajah
Talking Cricket

'I wish someone had told me to enjoy my cricket and not worry about selection'

Oct 31, 2025: A domestic stalwart, briefly a Test player and now a sought-after broadcaster, Abhinav Mukund talks about the many twists in his career

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Photo feature

Net flicks and drill

Oct 15, 2025: A behind-the-screens look at where cricketers are made

Ekanth
Talking Cricket

Ian Bishop on working as a commentator: 'If I don't research every player, I feel my work is unfinished'

Oct 8, 2025: The former West Indies fast bowler talks about what goes into calling the game for viewers

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Interviews

Jayden Seales: 'I want to build my name, I want to build a legacy, I want to be No. 1 in Test cricket'

Oct 2, 2025: The young West Indies fast bowler talks about his best spells, what he's learnt from Curtly Ambrose, and why he sometimes picks fights

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Writers
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Do India have an offspin issue at this World Cup? Super Eight opponents will have taken note of a largely left-handed top order's struggles against the likes of Gerhard Erasmus, Saim Ayub and Aryan Dutt
  • Mohammad Isam
    Namibia vs Netherlands live score, T20 World Cup 2026: Bas de Leede 72* helps Dutch cruise Netherlands vs Namibia live cricket score and updates: Netherlands take on Namibia in a group-stage match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi
  • Steven Lynch
    Which player has played in the 2007 and the 2026 T20 World Cup? And how many hat-tricks have been taken in the men's T20 World Cup?
  • Andrew McGlashan
    AUS vs IRE Live, T20 World Cup 2026: Ellis, Zampa lead Australia to big win Australia vs Ireland LIVE Score & Updates: Australia meet Ireland in a T20 World Cup 2026 group clash. Australia won their last game convincingly, while Ireland arrive after a narrow defeat. Match at starts at 3:00 PM IST
  • Alan Gardner
    Turn up, tune in, pull out: the conscientious objector's guide to the T20 World Cup It's all about the boycotts. No, not him
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Sri Lanka show Australia who's boss (and it's not them) The Pallekele crowd isn't to be trifled with - on Monday, the stands took time filling up, and Sri Lanka had saved their best for the full house
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